Homicide suspect loses bid for dismissal

6:33 PM,
Oct. 1, 2013

Mark Bucki, left, confers with his attorney on July 25in Lincoln County Circuit Court in Merrill.

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Shereen Siewert
Daily Herald Media

The case against a town of Corning man accused of killing his estranged wife and dumping her body in a swamp will move forward after defense attorneys lost their bid to have charges against him thrown out.

Mark Bucki, 49, appeared today in Lincoln County Circuit Court, where he faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, concealing a corpse and strangulation/suffocation in connection with the death of his wife, 48-year-old Anita Bucki. James Lex, one of two defense attorneys who represent Mark Bucki, filed a motion last month that sought to have charges dismissed based on what Lex ...